Early the next morning, Xia Yao woke up as soon as the rooster crowed.
Looking at the bright sky outside the window, Xia Yao whispered in his heart.
Now she really goes to bed later than a dog and wakes up earlier than a chicken.
But thinking about her empty wallet, she immediately became energetic again.
People are poor and have short ambitions, and she doesn't want to be in the fields all the time.
Thinking of this, Xia Yao got up with red eyes, staring at the slightly bright sky.
The moment he opened the door, Xia Yao saw an unexpected figure.
"Why are you here?"
The person in the courtyard was Lu Jing.
Perhaps he didn't expect Xia Yao to get up so early. A slightly embarrassed look flashed across Lu Jing's face, but soon he regained his composure.
"There are strangers coming to the village these days. If you remain the same as before, you will definitely be discovered."
Lu Jing's words made Xia Yao's expression change.
She was so busy making money that she forgot the most important thing!
There are several educated youths in the village now, especially Xia Qingqing. She is so afraid of herself that she must be trying every possible means to get rid of her.
Moreover, Su Linlin is just a wallflower. Now that Xia Qingqing comes, I am afraid that she has already told all those things like pouring beans through a bamboo tube.
If you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of being noticed by thieves. These two people are not good people. If you are targeted by them, you will be in trouble.
Xia Yao grinded his teeth, his beautiful palm-sized face filled with anger.
Seeing this, Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, Xia Yao is not as stupid as before.
"Let's go."
When Lu Jing spoke, Xia Yao was stunned.
"Where to go?"
Lu Jing said nothing, but raised his hand towards Xia Yao. Xia Yao clearly saw the crossbow in his hand.
Xia Yao's pupils tightened.
She never expected that Lu Jing would help her.
"If you go up the mountain alone, you will inevitably be stared at."
Lu Jing explained, and Xia Yao reacted immediately.
She nodded quickly, as if she was worried that Lu Jinghui would regret it, and directly dragged Lu Jinghui out.
The woman's soft hand suddenly touched his palm, and his breathing slowed down a bit. However, seeing Xia Yao's excited expression, it was obvious that Xia Yao didn't take this matter to heart.
Lu Jing lowered his eyes and suppressed the ridiculous thoughts in his heart.
The road up the mountain was the same as before. It was just dawn and the fog was still thick. Xia Yao's current body did not have the same years of training as she had before.
After walking for a while, Xia Yao was about to take a breath.
Fortunately, Lu Jing was still there. Walking into the junction of the inner and outer areas of the back mountain, Xia Yao leaned on the tree trunk and gasped for air.
She was really tired.
She had been wandering outside before, but she didn't expect that it would take so much effort to enter the mountains.
On the other hand, Lu Jing's face remained calm and his heart did not beat. The journey was smooth and there was no sign of tiredness at all.
Xia Yao muttered something in a low voice, but she was worried that Lu Jing would hear her. There was a very obvious guilty conscience in her beautiful peach blossom eyes. Lu Jing glanced at her and then looked elsewhere.
After walking a few more steps, you'll be deep into the back mountain.
In Xia Yao's memory, this place has always been regarded as a dangerous place by the villagers of Qingshui Village. Many hunters in the village suffered losses there. Uncle Wang's leg at the entrance of the village was revealed here.
Xia Yao thought of this and secretly clenched the slingshot in his hand.
It's ridiculous to say that she was a perfect shooter before, so how come she can only use such a meager weapon as a slingshot?
Before Xia Yao could gather her emotions, she saw Lu Jing striding toward her from the corner of her eye.
"Take this."
Lu Jing stretched out his hand towards Xia Yao, and in his hand was the crossbow.
This crossbow is made of wood and looks very rough, but it is more than one level better than the slingshot in Xia Yao's hand.
Xia Yao only found out today that Lu Jing still had such a good thing. No wonder he could hunt wild boar.
"Then what do you use?"
Even though he was eager for this crossbow, Xia Yao also knew the importance of a good weapon in the deep mountains and forests.
Lu Jing said nothing, but handed the crossbow towards Xia Yao again.
"I am stronger than you, I can run faster than you, and I am more familiar with the terrain than you. At least in this mountain, I can survive with my bare hands, but you can't."
This was the first time Lu Jing had said such a long sentence to Xia Yao.
Xia Yao hesitated for a moment and took it.
Lu Jing was right. At this stage, she was indeed relatively weak.
"for you."
Xia Yao said and threw the slingshot to Lu Jing.
Seeing the faint flash of disgust between Lu Jing's brows, Xia Yao puffed up his cheeks and said angrily: "Don't look at it as simple, but the materials are much better than yours! It's still iron beads!"
Lu Jing didn't speak, just took the slingshot in silence.
Just when the two of them were about to walk inside, Lu Jing frowned, suddenly grabbed Xia Yao, and led Xia Yao into the bushes aside.
Before Xia Yao came back to his senses, he was already in the bushes.
Very few people come to the depths of the back mountain, and the bushes are so deep that they can completely cover two adults.
Xia Yao also heard footsteps at this time.
She looked stern. If Lu Jing hadn't reminded her just now, she wouldn't have known anything.
"I see them heading this way."
It was Su Linlin's voice.
Xia Yao's eyes were filled with sarcasm. Sure enough, she shouldn't let Su Linlin go.
"Why is there no one there?" Xia Qingqing followed Su Linlin, her face full of impatience, "Su Linlin, are you lying to me? There's not even a ghost here!"
God knew she had never suffered like this since she was brought back to the city, especially since the mountains in the north were much higher than the village she was in. She was panting now and wished she could go back home now.
After hearing this, Su Linlin's face turned red.
"I didn't lie to you!" Su Linlin gritted her teeth, "They are indeed going here!"
"Besides, if Xia Yao hadn't opportunistically taken advantage of her, would she have been able to live such a comfortable life?" Su Linlin felt itchy with hatred, "The flesh on her face has grown out!"
Xia Qingqing recovered from her exhaustion with difficulty. She raised her head, looked around, and her eyes fell on a series of footprints not far away.
"Did they go here?" Xia Qingqing lowered her head, "I see there are footprints here."
Su Linlin trotted over quickly, her eyes shining.
But the footprints on the ground were not very clear, so Su Linlin didn't dare to agree for a while.
But Xia Qingqing said firmly: "They must have gone this way. In order to blur their vision, they tried to erase their footprints!"
Seeing that she was so sure, Su Linlin put down her uneasiness, nodded, and followed Xia Qingqing inside.
The back mountain is so big, there are towering trees everywhere, almost blocking all the sunlight.
Relying on the remaining sunlight, the two supported each other and walked inside.
Xia Yao's eyes were a little complicated when he saw them struggling to move forward.
"The footprints..." Xia Yao said in a low voice, "It doesn't seem to be human."
Lu Jing's iceberg-like face also showed a rare complex expression: "Those are the footprints of a wild boar."
He added: "This area is where wild boars feed."
Xia Yao rolled his eyes and suddenly grabbed Lu Jing's hand: "Let's go down the mountain now."
Seeing Lu Jing's puzzled expression, Xia Yao explained: "Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."
However, when these words came out of Xia Yao's mouth, they seemed less credible. Lu Jing was noncommittal, but he did not stop Xia Yao.
He knew that Xia Yao wanted to plot against the two women who had just left.
"Okay." Lu Jing took the wooden crossbow from Xia Yao's hand neatly.
Xia Yao's eyes widened: "Isn't this given to me?"
"I'll make another one for you." Lu Jing said simply and clearly, "This one is made of wood, not as good as the iron one."
After hearing this, a bright smile broke out on Xia Yao's face.
She smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed: "I knew you were the best!"
Lu Jing's ears turned red, but Xia Yao's words were quickly forgotten in his mind.
Xia Yao, a woman, lies endlessly, no matter what she says, it is unbelievable.
When the two of them walked out, Su Linlin and Xia Qingqing had already reached the depths.
In fact, even after walking for so long, we have only reached the tip of the iceberg in the back mountain.
However, for Su Linlin and Xia Qingqing, this tip of the iceberg is enough to scare them.
Su Linlin opened her mouth, but could not speak, because just in front of the two of them, several wild boars were drinking water.
She couldn't say a word because of fear.
Xia Qingqing wasn't much better either. She held Su Linlin's hand tightly, almost biting her lower lip, but she didn't dare to make a sound.
Wild boars are full of meat, but in Xia Qingqing's opinion, this wild boar, which is three people as wide as her, is a life-threatening ghost.
She and Su Linlin stepped back in unison.
But at this moment, Xia Qingqing stepped on a dead branch.
Immediately afterwards, the wild boar that was drinking water became alert.
When she saw the wild boar looking in this direction, Su Linlin shouted from the bottom of her heart.
The wild boar spotted the intruder and immediately rushed towards the two men.
Xia Qingqing ran away, scolding Su Linlin in her heart. At this time, she couldn't make any big moves! However, Su Linlin ruined everything!
She used all her strength to feed herself and ran outside in a panic.
Su Linlin followed closely and saw Xia Qingqing running in front of her. Su Linlin grabbed Xia Qingqing's hand without thinking, and said: "Qingqing! Help me!"
Xia Qingqing shook her hand desperately, but Su Linlin was like a dog-skin plaster, unable to shake it off.
At the same time, Xia Yao and Lu Jing had reached the foot of the mountain.
There were already people working in the farmland at the foot of the mountain. Captain Zhou was the first to discover the two of them. When he was thinking about how to cover them, he heard the panic on Xia Yao's face.
Seeing this appearance, Captain Zhou's heart skipped a beat and his pace quickened.
Then, Xia Yao walked up to him and lowered his voice and said, "Something happened on the mountain!"
Captain Zhou asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
"The educated youth from the Shangyang brigade next door went to the back mountain with Su Linlin from our brigade!" Xia Yao said quickly, "Looking at the direction, they went inside!"
Upon hearing this, Captain Zhou's blood froze.
Although he didn't like these educated youths, he didn't want to watch such young lives die in front of him.
"Copycat!" Captain Zhou made a quick decision and shouted to the people behind him, "Educated youth are going up the mountain!"
"Going up the mountain? They come from the city, either light or heavy, don't go inside!"
"Get the guy quickly!" Captain Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Big Pillar, go find the militia!"
